Common Names

Origin

Native to western Europe (i.e. the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Italy, France, Portugal and Spain), the Madeira Islands and the Caucasus Mountains (i.e. Azerbaijan).

Naturalised Distribution

Naturalised in many parts of southern Australia (i.e. in the coastal districts of central New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, south-eastern South Australia and south-western Western Australia).

Also naturalised on Lord Howe Island and in many other parts of the world (e.g. eastern and western USA).

Notes

Daffodil (Narcissuspseudonarcissus) is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, and as a potential environmental weed or "sleeper weed" in other parts of southern Australia.

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